Greece wants tax cuts, extra help for the poor and unemployed, a freeze on public sector lay-offs and more time to cut its deficit under…
The White House is insisting President Barack Obama will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans — even temporarily. Obama spokesman Jay Carney…
(via AFP) German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble reiterated Wednesday his opposition to eurobonds, saying such financial instruments would not solve the eurozone’s debt crisis. Eurobonds…
The lawyers for Goldman and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch have been involved in a legal battle for some time – primarily with the retail giant…
Obama bypasses Senate, installs new consumer chief
By BEN FELLER and JIM KUHNHENN | AP – 1 hr 43 mins ago…
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — A defiant President Barack Obama, tired of Senate Republicans stalling his nominee to lead a new consumer prot…
Now consider, against this background of continuing fragility, how people view the political scene. In neither the US nor the eurozone, does the politician supposedly in charge – Barack Obama, the US president, and Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancell…
“This little period of congestion in stock prices could hardly fit more neatly into the logically bulletproof case for a stall or pullback in the tape, one made here for several weeks.”
“The excuses to “sell on the news” are rife.”
“Strong corporate…
